It's the tooth, honest!

Originally posted 09/29/2008
Once upon a time there was a little boy with a loose baby tooth. Eventually, the tooth fell out. The little boy was excited and happy. He put the tooth in a plastic baggie for safe-keeping. The little boy proudly carried the it around the house, eventually leaving the baggie and tooth on the kitchen counter.

By a means still unknown, the baggie was moved to a drawer where clean, unused baggies were kept.

Some time later, the boy's mother was in the kitchen making a turkey sandwich. She took a fresh tomato and sliced part of it for the sandwich. The boy's father took a baggie from the drawer and put the rest of the tomato in it. He then placed the baggie in the refrigerator. The next evening, the boy's father was making spaghetti for dinner. He remembered the tomato in the refrigerator and thought it would taste dandy in the sauce. So he remove the tomato from the baggie, chopped it up a little, and tossed it in the pot.

The family sat down to an enjoyable dinner. Enjoyable, at least, until the boy's father bit down on something hard. Further investigation revealed that it was indeed the boy's tooth. Understandably, this put a bit of a damper on dinner.

This could have all been avoided if the boy would have allowed the tooth fairy to do her job.